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DATE SPECIES IMAGE DETAILS
31st January 2007 Iceland Gull click for image report on the 'BirdGuides' alert of 3 Icelands at Portree Harbour.
31st January 2007 Glaucous Gull click for image report on 'BirdGuides' alert of single bird at Portree Harbour. Other bird at Heaste is still around, usually on its own and frequenting the small Bay behind the old school to the west of the fish farm. (DR,RMcM)
31st January 2007 Waxwing click for image overall numbers are scarce this winter but this is the first for our area with 2 in the garden of the Tingle Creek Hotel, Erbusaig (Dennis Bates)
29th January 2007 Goldeneye click for image good count of 8 at Ardnish, Broadford (DR)
29th January 2007 Purple Sandpiper click for image count of 10+ at Ardnish - and also a single Greenshank (DRogers)
29th January 2007 Slavonian Grebe click for image always scarce on Lochalsh there was a single at Strathy Bay, west of Plockton (BN)
28th January 2007 Glaucous Gull click for image following a report from Roger Gentle of a white gull at Heaste Martin Benson checked it out and confirmed a first winter Glaucous - there are currently three different birds on Skye.
28th January 2007 Knot click for image single in Broadford Bay (MB)
28th January 2007 Carrion Crow click for image single at Broadford (MB)
28th January 2007 Barnacle Goose click for image report from Ken Crane that a single has been consorting with Greylags at Glen Brittle for most of the winter.
27th January 2007 Grey Plover click for image single at Ardnish
27th January 2007 Bar-tailed Godwit click for image count of 17 during WeBS count - much more this winter than recent years. Conversely no Greenshank seen.
27th January 2007 Goldeneye click for image scarce this winter in Lochalsh but 6 on Loch Achaidh na h-Inich and 5 on Loch Lundie (BN)
25th January 2007 Barnacle Goose click for image showing well in Trotternish with 85 at Staffin and 110 at Kilmaluag
25th January 2007 Redwing click for image flocks of 40 at Duirinish and 33 at Dubh-aird, Plockton (BN)
24th January 2007 Glaucous Gull click for image still 2 at Portree with at least one Iceland Gull (MB)
23rd January 2007 Fulmar territorial occupation at Neist Point with at least 50 pairs back on nest ledges (AStables)
20th January 2007 Gannet click for image scarce in winter but 3 at Neist Point and 3 off Milovaig Pier (AStables)
18th January 2007 Song Thrush click for image early songster at Dunvegan (Bernard Cookson)
17th January 2007 Black-headed Gull excellent count of 60 at Kyleakin (A&EHorner)
16th January 2007 Whitefronted Goose the 'Broadford' flock has been conspicuous by its absence this winter so 29 over Harrapool is encouraging (DRogers)
16th January 2007 Turnstone click for image 22 on the shore in Broadford at the mouth of the Broadford River - also 53 Rock Doves (DR)
10th January 2007 Glaucous Gull click for image a single showing well at Portree (see pic) and two Iceland Gulls (MBenson)
9th January 2007 Purple Sandpiper click for image 12 at Strathaird Point
7th January 2007 Glaucous Gull click for image two this morning - a 1st winter bird on the refuse disposal site with typical plumage - and another probable 1st winter bird, but with much whiter plumage, at the mouth of the Varrigal River in Portree Loch - also a 1st winter Iceland. (MB RMcM)
7th January 2007 Grey Wagtail click for image though the species can be found on the shore in winter at Lochalsh it was unusual to find one on Carr Brae - also a female Pied Wagtail - both products of the mild weather. (BN)
6th January 2007 Glaucous Gull click for image report via the Bird Guides site of a 1st winter bird in Portree Harbour - as well as a 1st winter Iceland.
6th January 2007 Ringed Plover click for image big count of 90 at Waterloo (A&EH)
5th January 2007 Crossbill we get few reports so a pair in the forest near Kyleakin is well worth recording - our species is the European Crossbill (A&EH)
4th January 2007 Barnacle Goose click for image report from Donald Brown of flock of 55 near Staffin Slip.
2nd January 2007 Iceland Gull click for image 1st winter bird at mouth of Broadford River -noon to-day - see photograph (MBenson)
2nd January 2007 Twite click for image scarce in winter there were 2 near Struan
2nd January 2007 Barn Owl click for image report of bird at Struan causeway - Peter Elford & Linda Henderson.
1st January 2007 Turnstone click for image 8 at Portnalong Pier (JThomas)
1st January 2007 Goosander click for image 3 at Portnalong Pier (JThomas)
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